Truck-adjusting mechanism.



i To al@ whom it may concern Be it known that I, TRUED E. Line, of the village of Baildon, in the Province et' Saskatchewan, Canada, haveinvented eertan new and useful Improvements in Truck- Adjnsting Mechanisms, of which the i'ollon inis the specification.

he invention relates to an improvement in truck adj Listing mechanisms especially to short turning mechanism for running gear and has particular reference to leading traction machines such as reapers wherein the machine parts have lateral projection relatively to the line of lea@- and are liable to interfere with the adjacent horse in making a short turn.,

'The present invention has ior i mary object to improve the construeii the mechanism disclosed in my United f' Patent No. 967647 dated August le a, i2. 0 to effect a more ,ellicient device both from Working and a commercial standpoint, ta parte being constructed and arranged so that they can bemore readily assembled or replaced in event of breakage and designed to better take np the stresses to which they are subjected when in actual use.

A further object is to provino in a mechanism of this kind asubstantial bearing ior the truck axle so that it will better withstand. the wear and tear to which it is suhjee-ted.

lli/ith the above objects in View the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction oi.' parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointecl ontr in the appended claims, reference be- Aing'ihacl to the accompanying drawing in which:

lignre l represents a side view of the truck as attached to the stub tongue ol the binder. Fig. 2 represents a plan view ol the same with the truck in a tnrneil position. Fig. 3 represents an enlarged detailed Yiront View of the main bracket and adjoining parts.y Fig. 4 represents an enlarged (letailed sectional View through the track axle and adjoining parts, the section being taken in the plane denoted by the line X-X Fig. l.

In the drawing like characters of referiin eeen a pair upper and loir er ornfarflly extending arms and Y Winch carry a vertically disposed. pivot bolt 8.

i, `s a horizontally disposed sleeve with a top socket l@ which the lower the niiet bolt 8 sleeve being sethe belt by clamL screw lil `sters the socket anti-jams against belt. The sleeve repesecl pivot shaft l2 arxard surplierl with. 'i washer 122 and the rear endl J ich h' l; nrther it is to irre notice-fl that a portion. of the re: 1 enti elf the sieeve on the andar siile is cnt awe y to aibnit the salia there being: sufficient clearance reiainefl at a anti Z between the mei-imaging portion or.' the sleeve and the axle to allow the axle 'to swing antl accominorlate roznl conditions.

The above co ,rncion gives a large bearing .surface in ie sleeve ier the axle shaft l2 and also nilo the parts to be readily lisrnonnted er a nibleri Alien required as by ancien; the Je el the bolt le., the

nut l2 o'i" the sin"A th screw il the axle, plaieanfzi sleeve can all be separated for reeairs or renewing purposes.. The axle carried the usual hinged carriage or reeel Wheels 19 and 20.

vQ1 is ton bracket permanently secured to the forward end of t tongue l means of' the bolts l and 5. nis bracket entends over the main bracket and they carry a The mechanism new' to the rem of the pivo bol, E, mar msnmally connecte 5 take connec ion conneclng the Signed ai; Wimipeg this ih my m? insg@ March gle d to` the collar and a give and.

disposed sleeve frwardly with he zonguep as and for the purpose specle/ZCL TRUJL B E. MED.

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